Chapter 153: Air Chapter One
Lying on the cold ground, Yao Feiling stared blankly at the dark sky.
Recalling when Yu Hong had unleashed terrifying power, instantly dealing with the Multi-eyed Bird.
She knew she had misunderstood him. He was strong, very strong, stronger than anyone she had ever seen.
Able to burst the Multi-eyed Bird with his bare hands, his level far surpassed any fully-enhanced person she had encountered. His strength alone was the equivalent of what it would take three fully-enhanced persons to achieve together.
“If we had conducted thorough reconnaissance from the beginning, if we had decisively left earlier instead of staying here holding onto a sliver of hope…”
Various thoughts kept flashing through her mind.
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Regret?
None. What she felt now was simply the sorrow of waiting for death.
Creak, creak, creak.
Suddenly, a faint sound of footsteps came from the edge of the fence.
Slowly turning her head, she saw a woman with a slightly protruding belly standing there, draped in a thick Protective Suit.
It was Xu Ruoying, that madcap female doctor.
“In this world, beauty is useless. It only makes you more prone to disaster,” Doctor Xu squatted down and said softly.
She seemed to be in a normal state now, to be precise, her mental state had improved a lot since finding out she was pregnant. It had become completely normal.
“I understand now,” Yao Feiling’s eyes were hollow, “Only strength is the root of everything. I overestimated myself before, it’s just a pity I realized this too late.”
“…” Doctor Xu stood up, covering her stomach, quietly watching her without saying a word.
Yao Feiling smiled faintly, continued to turn her head, and looked up at the night sky, ignoring her.
Now, thinking back on her former self, it was laughable that she had once considered her beauty as one of her confidences.
Now she had come to realize, but it seemed too late.
Following despair, the great ups and downs, she lay there, thinking a lot.
In the cave, Yu Hong stood in front of the window, looking at Doctor Xu and her, deep in thought.
With Black Lizards constantly patrolling around, the outer courtyard was very safe, and he could sense any large monsters or Evil Shadows approaching in advance.
After all, the newly expanded secondary safety zone was much larger in area than the outer courtyard. It was a large area determined by the radius of the Black Lizards’ patrolling limit.
When the Multi-eyed Bird had come before, he had also noticed it in time and went forward to deal with it.
Theoretically, Yao Feiling was now allowed to stay at the edge of the camp because she posed no threat, which was safer than before.
This could not help but seem like a peculiar irony.
As for her future, it would depend on her own fate; with Black Lizards patrolling and no elephant worms or shadows nearby, it was relatively safe.
Pulling down the shutter, Yu Hong didn’t look any longer and returned to his desk where the enhancement Array was, and sat down.
Only five minutes were left on the countdown.
He had timed it just right.
Sitting in the chair, Yu Hong practiced his meditation while waiting for the final result.
Five minutes passed quickly.
The two items that had been on the table disappeared and reappeared as a walnut-sized, silver fruit.
The fruit, looking similar to a fig, had a thin, smooth skin without any texture, with a star-shaped opening at the top revealing tiny silver particles inside.
There was also a white paper with instructions placed in front of him.
Yu Hong picked it up to read.
‘Black Wind Protective Array: Combining the luminous grass’s ability to absorb Red Value and restore itself, this Array has self-repair capabilities and automatic alert functions. When an intruder enters the Array’s range, it will automatically release stored negative radiation to expel the intruder.’
‘Note: The integration of the vortex talisman array significantly improves the Array’s storage capacity, allowing for increased Red Value’s upper limit. Therefore, when the Array is activated, it may affect normal life with negative radiation.’
‘Installation method: Bury two meters into the ground, and the Array Plate will automatically grow and extend, forming a circle with it as the center.’
“Not bad, didn’t have to transport things from somewhere else this time, it’s genuinely integrated,” Yu Hong was satisfied.
This feature completely met the level he had wanted before. It could self-repair, stronger than luminous grass, capable of expelling more of the Black Disaster, and without being triggered, it did not pose pollution threats to ordinary people.
“This way, I can have much peace of mind!”
He picked up the Array Plate fruit and quickly went out the door.
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In the yard, Old Zhou was watering the luminous stones, as it hadn’t rained for many days. The fog was thick, but the luminous stones were still a bit languid.
Seeing Yu Hong come out, Old Zhou stepped forward to talk.
“You do your thing, I’m going to set something up for the protection of the camp,”
Yu Hong said with a smile.
“Mhm,” Old Zhou was very content with his current life; the security of the Black Wind Camp had exceeded his expectations, so his respect for Yu Hong had increased even more.
Yu Hong went to the center of the camp, calculated the distance briefly, and began to dig under the upright electric lamp post.
He dug quickly, if a normal person took three seconds to shovel, he did it in one. Regardless of what tough clumps of soil he encountered, he smashed them all at once — although it was a bit hard on the shovels.
Soon, a two-meter-deep pit appeared in front of him.
The pit also revealed the larger Array that had been buried previously.
He didn’t care about it, and directly placed the Array Plate in his hand into the hole, making sure it was straight, then began to cover it with dirt.
“This is a new type of automatic protection device I’ve developed. In the future, be careful when digging underground; if you find something abnormal, remember to tell me, and I’ll assess the situation,” he instructed Old Zhou, who had come over to watch.
“Got it,” nodded Old Zhou.
“Spread the word to everyone else. I’m going to check if there’s news from Old Li,” Yu Hong returned to the cave.
Concerned that a high-risk Black Disaster might arrive just as Old Li was returning, he had turned on the communicator in advance to check if he could make contact when Old Li turned on the walkie-talkie according to their agreement.
After all, there was always nuclear power in the camp; there was no reason not to use it.
“Got it, hopefully Old Li is all right,” Zhou Xueguang sighed.
After completing these preparations, Yu Hong put on his Polar Bear Suit and started to carefully inspect the perimeter of the outer courtyard.
At nighttime, there was no Blood Tide today; the mountain forest was a haven of peace, a rare calm before the storm of a Black Disaster.
Yu Hong slowly walked outside the fence, carefully inspecting the luminous grass on the ground.
He hadn’t gone far when he paused in his step, crouched down, and gently pinched a blade of the luminous grass.
These leaves, green with white spots, were slender and soft, still emitting a faint white luminescence at night.
‘It’s a bit dim,’ Yu Hong recalled the luminous grass from before, clearly, the brightness was dimmer now.
Without betraying his feelings, he stood up again and moved forward.
Upon reaching the little forest path leading from the camp to the post office, the luminosity of the luminous grass inside the fence dimmed once more.
Compared to before, if one wasn’t scrutinizing closely now, it would be impossible to notice the leaves glowing at all.
Yu Hong felt for the first imprint in his heart.
The luminescent spot belonging to the luminous grass had been replaced by the newly strengthened synthetic spot of the Black Wind Array.
His consciousness shifted, making contact with the new Black Wind Array spot.
Hiss.
In an instant, a large Array network covering the entire camp appeared in his mind.
It was as if he were floating in the sky, overlooking the earth below.
The layout of the whole camp became clear in his mind.
A massive white light Array Plate, like a spider web, covered everything within.
Caves, log cabins. Inner yard, outer yard, all within the Array’s protective scope.
Even beyond the outer yard, there was an extent covered as well.
‘This should be the coverage range of the Black Wind Array,’ thought Yu Hong, nodding with satisfaction.
Returning to his senses, he took out a detector and turned it on.
Beep.
A soft sound, and the LCD screen displayed the surrounding environmental Red Value: 1.237.
‘The effect is good, it still offsets the environmental Red Value. It’s just unclear whether it weakens by absorbing the Red Value or by releasing a negative value to neutralize it.’
He was at ease; the new Array’s effect surpassed his expectations. Compared to the conspicuous glowing of the luminous grass at night, the Black Wind Array was significantly more covert.
As for its strength…
Yu Hong thought for a moment, then swiftly dashed toward the deep forest.
In no time.
He reappeared at the edge of the camp, followed by a flapping Multi-eyed Bird.
It was not a large Multi-eyed Bird, just an ordinary one, at most a level two or three.
The Multi-eyed Bird chased after him, its small red eyes revealing a primitive and icy intent to kill.
Puff!
Yu Hong took a flying leap, jumping the fence and entering the outer yard, and, at the same time, the Array’s range.
He stood up and turned back to look at the little Multi-eyed Bird.
The creature, furious, sped up along the way and crashed into the area fiercely.
Shrill!
A piercing cry exploded as the strange bird lunged at Yu Hong, its sharp and pointed beak veering to violently stab at Yu Hong’s chest.
Whoosh!
At that moment, an invisible negative energy flow suddenly shot out from the ground below.
The flow seemed to affect only the Multi-eyed Bird, not touching the soil or Yu Hong, precisely landing on the bird alone.
Shrill!!
The bird’s body froze mid-flight, suddenly losing balance and thudding heavily onto Yu Hong.
Before it could be grasped, its entire body began to rapidly disintegrate.
The small Multi-eyed Bird that had intruded into the camp started to visibly dissolve at a rapid pace.
Much like a candle coming too close to a fire.
It tumbled, letting out piercing cries, rolling off Yu Hong onto the ground, desperately struggling.
But no matter how it struggled, it couldn’t escape the fate of being enveloped by an invisible radiation.
One second.
Two seconds.
Three seconds.
The cries abruptly ceased.
The little Multi-eyed Bird was utterly still, most of its body dissolved, lying on its side on the ground, leaving only whitish bone debris.
In a few more seconds, even the whitish bone debris had completely dissolved, vanishing without a trace of even black smoke.
All trace of the Multi-eyed Bird’s body had completely dissipated here, leaving not a shred behind.
“Impressive!” Yu Hong stood up, walked over to where the Multi-eyed Bird had dissolved, and dug around in the soil with his foot, finding nothing.
He closed his eyes and sensed again, the first imprint in his mind, revealing the Black Wind Array covering the entire camp; its white light had dimmed ever so slightly but quickly restored within a few seconds.
‘The entire Array covers a large area, and it absorbs Red Value quickly, it seems like such minor intruders can’t test the limit of the Array.’
Images of elephant worms danced through Yu Hong’s mind. If he could lure one, perhaps…
But he wouldn’t actively go looking for trouble just to test the Array.
So…
‘Now all is in readiness, except for the arrival of a high-risk Black Disaster… I want to see if a specifically targeted Array and focused bombardment with Radiation Hand Grenades can take down a high-risk Black Disaster.’
He checked once more; the luminous grass on the ground was indeed withering. After informing Old Zhou about the situation, so he wouldn’t panic, Yu Hong returned to his cave and hurried to craft more Radiation Hand Grenades.